At the risk of being called a total idiot, what does "artisan/artisnal" mean? What is the difference between "artisan" whatever and regular whatever? I am originally from the states but have lived overseas for the last 8 yrs so I have absolutely no clue about this latest fade.. although based upon the previous posts/comments ignorance is bliss lol

I'm sure the purveyors of all this artisanal stuff are really sick of being compensated for their labors with all that drab, impersonal, mass-produced US currency. Why not get some paper and crayons and make your own artisanal money for them? Brighten their day!

This reminded me of when our cafeteria tried to doll itself up and serve "Loquacious Legumes" aka roasted vegetables. Someone finally caught on when the regular staff started posting jokes about talkative beans on the internal bulletin board. It took a couple of months for the cafeteria staff to catch on though.

And so it was written, after the artisanal period , or epoch, the people of the earth ceased to care about the manner or quality of their food and appliances, buying ever more from the non artisinal peoples of the lands east of the big water, soon thereafter the peoples of the east of the big water shut them out, and thusly did their tribe disappear from the earth.

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